Marguerite Donlon

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Marguerite Donlon (born 31 May 1966) is an Irish dancer, choreographer and ballet director.

Career[edit]

Marguerite Donlon was born in County Longford, Republic of Ireland. After a childhood of traditional Irish dance, Marguerite began her ballet studies with Anica Louw and Dorothy Stevens at the late age of 13.[1][2] She became a soloist and choreographer with the dance company of the Deutsche Oper Berlin in 1990; before that she was a member of the English National Ballet under Peter Schaufuss.[3] During this time she worked with and was coached by many world-renowned artists, including Natalia Makarova, Rudolf Nureyev, Kenneth MacMillan, and danced pieces from choreographers such as Maurice Béjart, William Forsythe, Bill T. Jones, Meg Stuart and Jiří Kylián.[citation needed]

She was director of the ballet at the Saarländisches Staatstheater between 2001 and 2013.[2][4]

Awards[edit]

Selected works[edit]

  • 1999: Patch of Grass. Deutsche Oper. Berlin, Germany.
  • 2000: Different Directions. Independent Company. Berlin, Germany.
  • 2001: We Three Sheep. Deutsche Oper. Berlin, Germany.
  • 2002: BeBob. Nederlands Dans Theater 2, Nederlands
  • 2002: How fast you want!. Staatliche Ballettschule. Berlin, Germany.
  • 2002: Somewhere Between Remembering and Forgetting. Stuttgart Ballet, Germany.
  • 2002: Move. Staatliche Ballettschule. Berlin, Germany.
  • 2002: Taboo or not. Vienna State Ballet, Austria.
  • 2003: Chocolate (bittersweet). Staatliche Ballettschule. Berlin, Germany.
  • 2003: Carmen privat. Staatliche Ballettschule. Berlin, Germany.
  • 2003: Poetic Licence. Staatliche Ballettschule. Berlin, Germany.
  • 2004: Blind Date. Staatliche Ballettschule. Berlin, Germany.
  • 2004: Zettels Sommernachts Traum. Staatliche Ballettschule. Berlin, Germany.
  • 2005: Strokes Through The Tail. World Premiere Hubbard Street Dance Company. Chicago, USA
  • 2005: Tanz mir das Lied vom Tod. Staatliche Ballettschule. Berlin, Germany.
  • 2005: Die Schachtel. Théâtre National du Luxembourg and SST.
  • 2005: Eros - Life Instinct. Staatliche Ballettschule. Berlin, Germany.
  • 2005: Erinnerung an...eine Zukunft. Staatliche Ballettschule. Berlin, Germany.
  • 2005: On Top. Staatliche Ballettschule. Berlin, Germany.
  • 2006: CRASH. Staatliche Ballettschule. Berlin, Germany.
  • 2006: Schatten. Staatliche Ballettschule. Berlin, Germany.
  • 2006: Die rotten Schuhe. Staatliche Ballettschule. Berlin, Germany.
  • 2006: Words and Music (And Silence). Théâtre National du Luxembourg.
  • 2006: Giselle: Reloaded. Saarländisches Staatstheater Saarbrücken, Germany.
  • 2007: Romeo und Julia. Saarländisches Staatstheater Saarbrücken, Germany.
  • 2007: Seed. Saarländisches Staatstheater Saarbrücken, Germany.
  • 2008: The Nutcracker. Saarländisches Staatstheater Saarbrücken, Germany.
  • 2008: Splash!. Saarländisches Staatstheater Saarbrücken, Germany.
  • 2008: Le sacre du printemps. Saarländisches Staatstheater Saarbrücken, Germany.
  • 2009: Swan Lake– aufgetaucht. Saarländisches Staatstheater Saarbrücken, Germany.
  • 2009: Casa Azul - Inspired by Frida Kahlo. World Premiere Saarländisches Staatstheater Saarbrücken, Germany.
  • 2010: Footprints. Saarländisches Staatstheater Saarbrücken, Germany.
  • 2010: Buster Keaton in Silent Mov(i)e. Saarländisches Staatstheater Saarbrücken, Germany.
  • 2011: Secret of immortality (alpha, soma). Saarländisches Staatstheater Saarbrücken, Germany.
  • 2011: BLUE. Piece about environmental sustainability.[5] Saarländisches Staatstheater Saarbrücken, Germany.
  • 2012: Heroes. World Premiere in Saarländisches Staatstheater Saarbrücken, Germany.
  • 2012: Labyrinth of Love. Rambert Dance Company. London, England.
  • 2013: LIEBE in schwarz-weiß. Saarländisches Staatstheater Saarbrücken, Germany.
  • 2013: Close Up. Saarländisches Staatstheater Saarbrücken, Germany.
  • 2013: Christus am Ölberg. Musikfestspiele Saar in Cooperation with SST and Donlon Dance Company Berlin.
  • 2013: Wings. Saarländisches Staatstheater Saarbrücken, Germany.
  • 2014: Shadow. Saarländisches Staatstheater Saarbrücken, Germany.
  • 2015: Heroes-K, Body (Adaption). Opernhaus Kiel, Germany.
  • 2015: Der Bettler von Paris. DDC Berlin. Theater an der Rott in Eggenfelden, Germany.
  • 2015: Made in Love. Gärtner Platz, Munich.
  • 2015: Transparent Cloud. Hessisches Staatsballett, Darmstadt, Germany.
  • 2016: Ruff Celts. Visceral Dance Company. Chicago, USA.
  • 2016: Amore. Strokes through the Tail - Svetlana Zakharova[6]
  • 2016: The One Grand Show. Friederichstadt Palast, Berlin, Germany.
  • 2017: To the Moon and Back. MiR - Musiktheater Im Revier Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
  • 2017: Heroes -H. Theater Hagen, Germany.
  • 2018: The Last Life Boat Project. DDC Berlin:
  • Solo, premiered in Craw Festival, Berlin. |
  • Duet, premiered in Backstage Theatre. Longford, Ireland.
  • Installation Performance, premiered in Yadegar Asisi's "TITANIC - Die Versprechen der Moderne" in Panometer Museum, Leipzig.|
  • Last Life Boat World Premiere. BalletX in Philadelphia, USA.
  • 2019: Le cage aux folles - Choreography. Theater Basel, Switzerland.
  • 2019: Dare to see. Duet premiered at Le Grand Theatre du Luxembourg, Gala des étoiles.
  • 2019: Lost in Translations. Step Up 19 Dance Limerick, Ireland.
  • 2019: Strokes through the tails. DDC Berlin. Dance Salad Festival. Houston, USA.
  • 2019: Casa Azul. Ballett Hagen. Germany.
  • 2022: East West: Premiere, 3.04.2022 for Dance Company Osnabrueck, Germany
  • 2022: Romeo & Juliet: Premiere, 5.11.2022 for Dance Company Osnabrueck, Germany
  • 2023: Lorca: Premiere, 18.03.2023 for Dance Company Osnabrueck, Germany
  • 2023: Das Floß der Medusa, 17.09.2023 for Komische Oper Berlin, Germany
  • 2023: Ruff Celts: Premiere 20.10.2023 for Theater Münster, Germany
  • 2023: Orlando: Premiere, 23.10.2023 for Graz Oper Ballet, Austria
  • 2024: Dán: Premiere 29 Sug 2024, for Donlon Dance Collective, Forum kreuzberg, Berlin

References[edit]

  1. ^ Mulroony, Deirdre (13 April 2012). "Longford studio that has become Ireland's dance centre". Irish Times. Dublin, Ireland. Archived from the original on 10 May 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
  2. ^ a b McCarthy, Brendan (2 October 2012). "Interview: Marguerite Donlon – Choreographer and Director, Donlon Dance Company". DanceTabs. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  3. ^ Weiss, Hedy (10 April 2002). "It's in with new at Hubbard St". Chicago Sun-Times. Chicago, United States. (subscription required)
  4. ^ "Marguerite Donlon - Personally Speaking Bureau". Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  5. ^ Abbing, M.R. (2019). Plastic Soup: An Atlas of Ocean Pollution. Island Press. p. 85. ISBN 978-1-64283-008-8. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  6. ^ Seaver, Christie (25 May 2016). "Marguerite Donlon brings a little bit of Longford to the Bolshoi Ballet". Irish Times. Retrieved 13 February 2024.

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